A Life Free of Violence Is Our Right! The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women

The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women was set up by UN General Assembly resolution 50/166 and became operational in 1997. To date, it has granted more than US$13 million to 231 innovate and catalytic initiatives in more than 100 countries around the world that aim to break new ground, strengthen inter-agency partnerships, and mobilize new constituencies in the growing movement to end violence against women in all its forms.

This booklet captures examples of promising approaches that Trust Fund grantees have used to eliminate multiple forms of violence in women's lives. It showcases grantees' work with diverse constituencies — including survivors of violence, HIV-positive women, men's groups, the judiciary, school teachers and students — in the media, and in variety of contexts. It seeks to demonstrate how grantees have succeeded in breaking intergenerational cycles of violence, in empowering survivors to make changes in their own lives, in transforming communities and institutions into advocates for change, and in advocating for enabling policies and legislation.